Warm-season vegetables require warmth for both germination and forming/ripening fruit. The fruit is typically the object of the harvest-- rather than leaves, stems, roots, etc. The main need of these types of plants is enough heat to grow, and without significant cooling at night.
Cool-season vegetables grow steadily at average temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below those needed by warm-season vegetables. The object of the harvest is mostly leaf or root crops, rather than fruit or seeds. Some exceptions to this are peas, artichoke, broad beans, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Recommended Warm-season Vegetables
-Corn
-Cucumbers
-Eggplant
-Melons
-Okra
-Peanuts
-Peppers
-Pumpkin
-Squash
-Sweet potato
-Tomatoes
-Watermelon
Recommended Cool-season Vegetables
-Beets
-Broccoli
-Brussels sprouts
-Cabbage
-Carrots
-Cauliflower
-Celery
-Chard
-Leaf lettuce
-Onions
-Peas
-Potatoes
-Radishes
-Spinach
-Turnips
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.
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You have an informative and interesring blog. Since I,m going to be getting into veggie gardening on a larger scale next year, I'll be checking out your blog often!
Hey there Kate! I'm so glad you like the site. If you ever have any questions about gardening just drop me an e-mail or feel free to comment whenever and wherever. It's great to see your interest.
Cool Weather vs Warm Weather: I am in Seattle. Its August and reaching as high as 83 on some days but mostly 70-75 with 50-58 overnight. What temperatures qualify as "warm" weather?
Examples:
My tomatoes and potatoes are growing like crazy.
Radishes did nothing at all this year but the lettuce is lush.
The peppers, eggplants and yard long beans have done nothing so far.
I fear my yard is stuck in the "cool" weather!
Hi vicinsea,
If it's usually above 70 and never below 50 degrees, then you're in warm weather. It bothers me a little but that your peppers and eggplants have done nothing yet. Mostly the peppers. Peppers like virtually the same climate as tomatoes.
Have you checked for possible pest problems? Are your peppers getting enough sunlight? Are your plants spaced out enough?
If your plants are flowering, but not fruiting, try hand pollination. You may just be having pollination problems.
Get back to me!
Best of luck,
Lambeau
No flowers yet on the peppers or the eggplants. In the squash department I have cucumbers but no zucchini. Maybe you're right about pollinators, in that respect. I have only seen a few honey bees this year and they definitely favor the tomatoes. I think I will go out and hand pollinate the flowers I do have and see if that helps things along.
For hand-pollinating, a trick is to use an old electric toothbrush and run it on a few branches gently. It somewhat simulates the vibration a bee gives off, thus shaking pollen free.
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